[[Police]] detectives and insurance fraud investigators find that each criminal frequently follows a [[pattern]]. A burglar may always enter by a second-story rear window or steal a bicycle attached loosely to a parking meter. Their pattern is their modus operandi, a [[Latin]] term.

[[Police]] detectives and insurance fraud investigators find that each criminal frequently follows a [[pattern]]. A burglar may always enter by a second-story rear window or steal a bicycle attached loosely to a parking meter. Their pattern is their modus operandi, a [[Latin]] term.

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[[Category:Forensic science]]

[[category:Latin Phrases]]

[[category:Latin Phrases]]

[[Category:Crime]]

[[Category:Crime]]

Revision as of 17:42, 22 June 2013

Modus operandi (M.O.)

Police detectives and insurance fraud investigators find that each criminal frequently follows a pattern. A burglar may always enter by a second-story rear window or steal a bicycle attached loosely to a parking meter. Their pattern is their modus operandi, a Latin term.